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> Advocates Hail Today’s One-Year Anniversary of the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act -- 7/1/08

> United States Conference of Mayors Unanimously Passes Resolution Calling for City-Coordinated Drug Overdose Prevention Efforts -- 6/25/08

> Drug-Free Zone Reform Legislation Passed by New Jersey Assembly -- 6/24/08

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DPA Network is the nation's leading organization working to end the war on drugs. We envision new drug policies based on science, compassion, health and human rights and a just society in which the fears, prejudices and punitive prohibitions of today are no more. Read more about DPAN.

Ballplayer Back on Track

Texas Rangers Josh Hamilton is the new golden boy of baseball. Hamilton's record-breaking performance in Major League Baseball's All-Star Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium last week is a living testament to the fact that people who struggled with drugs in the past can change their lives in a positive way.

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> A Drug Free World - Could We Do It?

Not long before the delegates of member states gathered in New York at the UNGASS on drugs in 1998, outstanding professionals and politicans from all around the world addressed Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary General in an open letter. They warned the UN not to chase rainbows but to stay down to earth, because in the name of pursuing a drug free society member states often violate human rights, assault the environment and fill prisons with non-violent offenders.

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International Rally for Human Rights and HIV/AIDS

All those attending the International AIDS Conference are invited to participate in the first international rally for human rights and HIV/AIDS. We will demand human rights for all people living with and at risk of HIV, as well as vastly greater attention to human rights in the response to HIV.

August 7, 2008
Mexico City, Mexico

re:FORM: A Benefit and Art Auction for the Drug Policy Alliance

A benefit and art auction for the Drug Policy Alliance. Held at the Cheim and Read Gallery in New York City. Honoring Donald Baechler, Dr. Mathilde Krim, and Fred Tomaselli.

September 3, 2008
New York, NY

2008 Global Conference on Methamphetamine

The first global conference on methamphetamine is coming up in Prague this September. As the first methamphetamine-focused event to gather global experts from varied fields, with diverse and even sometimes divergent perspectives, it's assured to be an unparalleled event. Session topics and speakers are now being announced! Check the conference website to get more information and register.

September 15-17, 2008
Prague, Czech Republic

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Times Union (Albany, NY) [07/09/08]

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